My 95 ZJ Limited wheels looked like crap, ugly blotches where clearcoat came off and aluminum corrosion had set in. Well I've done only 1 wheel so far just to see how they would look painted black, here's a pic of the finished wheel. The gold part was fine so I left it, only did up the bare aluminum portions and left the bead edge aluminum just so I don't have to worry about the tire change chipping the black, for a last step I clearcoated the whole works. I'm not too keen about the chrome looking centercap may have to do something about that, but overall I think it looks way better.

That actually looks pretty good!
What was the process you used to add the black without touching the gold?

... and I agree, the center caps don't fit, although they don't look horrible, you should paint those black and add gold to the Jeep lettering. Ooh, ooh and get black lugs!

used a battery drill and a little wire wheel to remove what was left of clearcoat before I masked the gold. I wiped it all down with reducer before I primed.
Masking tape and a razor blade, a skinny coat of krylon primer followed by 1/2 can of krylon gloss black, followed by 1/2 can clearcoat after removing tape, this was all done in a 4 hr. start to finish, done in the comfort of my basement hideout. I'm going to start the next wheel just have to brave the cold and go out to get it.

used a battery drill and a little wire wheel to remove what was left of clearcoat before I masked the gold. I wiped it all down with reducer before I primed.
Masking tape and a razor blade, a skinny coat of krylon primer followed by 1/2 can of krylon gloss black, followed by 1/2 can clearcoat after removing tape, this was all done in a 4 hr. start to finish, done in the comfort of my basement hideout. I'm going to start the next wheel just have to brave the cold and go out to get it.

how cold is it outside?

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Originally Posted by shift_grind

It's threads like this that make me wonder why people lift there jeeps